Hasp and lock



C. PIQUE HASP AND LOCK Aug. 27, 19,29.

Filed Feb. 28, 1928 ll'h a iles PimLLE Patented Aug. 27, 1929.

UNITED STATES CHARLES PIQUE, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

HASP AND LocK.

i Application filed February 28, 1928. Serial No. 257,732.

This invention relates to looks and latches and more particularly to a hasp having a lock associated therewith so that, when the hasp has been moved into engagement with a cooperating keeper, the lock may be actuated to extend its bolt into position to engage the keeper and elfectively prevent movement of the hasp out of engagement with the keeper.

One object of the invention is to provide a hasp which may be easily moved into and out of engagement with its keeper when the bolt of the lock is in a retracted inoperative position and to so associate the lock with the hasp that when the hasp is secure in engagement with the keeper the lock will be protect-ed and prevented from being easily released.

Another object of the invention is to so form the keeper that, if a door to which it is applied should sag or warp, it may be adjusted and its shank disposed in such position that it may pass through a slot in the operating leaf of the hasp.

Another object of the invention is to so form the operating leaf. of the hasp that a lock of a conventional construction can be readily applied thereto and permitted to be removed and a new one substituted if the lock in use should become broken.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a view showing the hasp'in elevation with the bolt of the lock extended and in operative engagement with the shank of the keeper;

Fig. 2 is a view showing the hasp in side elevation and applied to a door and a portion of a building shown in section;

Fig. 3 is a view looking at the front of the keeper, and

Fig. 4: is a side elevation of the keeper with the attaching bracket omitted.

The hasp includes an attaching leaf 1 which is formed of strong sheet metal having openings 2 provided therein through which securing screws or equivalent fasteners may be passed to secure the attaching leaf to a wall 3 of a building adjacent one side of a doorway. The operating leaf 4 of the hasp is pivotally connected with the attaching leaf by a pivot pin 5 which passes through cooperating hinge ears 6 and 7 of the two leaves. This operating leaf is also formed of strong sheet metal and is of such length that, when it is bent intermediate its length to form an outwardly offset portion constitutinga seat or pocket 8, its free end portion 9 willproject beyond the attaching leaf and extend in overlying relation to the door 10 when the door is closed and the operating leaf swung to the position shown in Fig. 2'. The free end portion of the oper ating leaf is formed with a transversely extending slot or opening 11 and the wall 12 of the offset pocket Sis formed with an opening or" slot disposed intermediate the length of the slot 11 so that the bolt 13 of the lock 14 may move outwardly through the wall 12 and extend across the opening 11. The lock 14 is of a conventional construction and'is secured in the pocket 8 by rivets 15 or equivalent fasteners with its barrel 16 passing outwardly through an opening formed in the outer wall of the pocket. Since the lock'is firmly secured-in the pocket by rivets which are headed at their inner ends, the lock will be securely retained in place and can not be taken off by an unauthorized person after the hasp has been secured.

The keeper, which'is employed in connection with the hasp, includes an attaching plate 17 which is also formed of strong sheet I metal and has its intermediate portion 18 bent outwardly, as shown in Fig. 2, and its side portions formed with openings 19 through which screws or equivalent fasteners may be passed in order to secure the keeper to the door. Openings 20 which are relatively large and elongated longitudinally of the attaching plate are formed in the offset intermediate portion and are intended to receive the arms 21 of the shank 22. This shank is formed of strong metal, such as steel, and has its outer end portion formed with an opening or slot 23 of such dimensions that it may receive the bolt 13 of the lock. The arms 21 of the shank after being passed through the openings 20 of the attaching bracket or plate are passed through openings formed in a base plate 2 1 and their ends headed against the under face of the base plate so that the shank will be securely retained in engagement with the attaching bracket. It should be noted, however, that the arms are sufiiciently loose in the openings 20 and the base plate of such width with respect to the offset intermediate portion of the attaching bracket that when the attaching bracket is secured to the door the shank may be slid longitudinally appltransversely of the attaching bracket and also tilted out of a vertical position. By this arrangement the shank may be adjusted to a certain extent relative to the attaching bracket and if the door of which it is secured should sag or warp it may be adjusted when the hasp is swung to an operative position in order to permit the shank to pass through the opening in the free end portion of the hasp.

Vhen the hasp is in use, the attaching leaf 1 is secured to the Wall of a building close to the doorway transversely thereof and the keeper is secured to the door, as

' shown in Fig. 2. When the bolt is retracted,

it is disposed within the body of the lock or extends through an opening in the wall of the pocket and the operating leaf of the hasp may be freely swung into and out of an operative position in which the shank of the keeper will pass through the slot in the free end of the operating leaf. If it is desired to only temporarily secure the door in a closed position, a suitable wedge may be forced through the opening in the shank but if it is desired to prevent unauthorized opening of the door a key will be fitted into the barrel 16 of the lock and the lock actuated to cause its bolt to be moved outwardly to an extended position. When so extended, the bolt will pass through the opening in the shank and it will be impossible to release the hasp until the lock is again actuated by its key in order to retract the bolt. The bolt ofthe lock projects well beyond the shank of the keeper so that it cannot be worked out of the slot or opening in the shank and also fits snugly within the opening 23 so that the keeper cannot be Worked out of engagement with the bolt or pressure applied by a prying tool to break the shank.

Having thus described the invention, I claim:

A door fastener comprising a hasp having an attaching leaf and an operating leaf pivoted thereto, said operating leaf having its intermediate portion bent to form a pocket and its free end portion formed with a slot, the operating leaf being of a length to extend beyond the free end of the attach ing leaf when swung into overlying relation thereto, a lock secured in the pocket of said operating leaf and including a bolt movable to an extended operative position through an opening'in a side wall of the pocket, and a keeper including an attaching base and a shank, the shank being adapted to pass through the slot in the free end portion of the operating leaf and formed with a slot to receive the bolt of said lock.

CHARLES rroun. [1,. 8. 

